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🌳 Main tree trunk 🟤 A red clay 🌱 To form a trunk
to bole

to bole

9.9
To form a main trunk as a tree grows
  • verb
  • /boʊl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : formar tronco
  • The botanist explained how certain species bole rapidly in their early years.

Examples

  • Did the gardener bole the saplings this spring?

  • The tree boled rapidly in its first year.

  • In the ancient grove, many trees had beautifully boled forms that towered above the undergrowth.

  • Selective breeding can encourage saplings to bole more robustly as they mature.

  • The gardener taught his apprentice how to bole young trees for better growth.

  • To improve their chances of survival, it is essential to bole the seedlings correctly.

  • Using proper techniques, you can encourage a newly planted sapling to bole effectively.

Compounds

Bole language
9.9

A language people speak in northern Nigeria like Hausa, with dialects Bara and Fika

Surface Forms

bole infinitive
boled past
boled past participle
boling present participle
boles third person singular

Etymology

Bole (verb) comes from the noun bole (the trunk) and means to form or give a tree its main 'body'. So to bole a young tree is to make its central stem grow strong.